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From a stunning hat-trick on his debut against France in the Six Nations 2000, to leading Leinster to the Heineken Cup, to leading Ireland to a first Grand Slam in 61 years O'Driscoll has had a massive career (and that doesn't even mention his three Lions tours!). O'Driscoll was the only Irishman
Donncha O'Callaghan capped off an amazing year yesterday by marrying his long-term girlfriend Jennifer Harte in Cork. With a winter wonderland surrounding them, vast amounts of salt was scattered around the entrance to St Columba's Chuch to avoid any injury to the pride of Irish rugby in attend
No surprises here that Brian O'Driscoll is on the list for the IRB Player of the Year. The full list are: Ireland - Brian O'Driscoll Ireland - Jamie Heaslip England - Tom Croft New Zealand - Richie McCaw Australia - Matt Giteau South Africa - Francois Steyn South Africa - Fourie du Preez
A last minute try by Brian O'Driscoll foiled Australia's plan for a Grand Slam of the home nations and leaves Ireland unbeaten under Declan Kidney. Australia had stepped up a gear after their defeat of England last week and delivered a much more polished performance with Rocky Elsom at the helm.
It's become a slogan for almost all Ireland fans, but this time it's Leinster coach Michael Cheika who has voiced his opinion on why he believes O'Driscoll will play beyond the 2011 World Cup at both a domestic and international level. O'Driscoll will be 31 for next year's RBS Six Nations, but Ch
Brian O’Driscoll is undoubtedly one of the British and Irish Lions’ greatest assets at present but he has sadly had one of the worst runs of luck in the squad. During the course of the 2005 Lions’ tour when he captained the team, he didn’t make it past the first minute of the first test. T
The first test between the Lions and the Springboks showed that there is likely to be a very high level of intensity when these two great teams take each other on once again. The first encounter was described by the Lions’ coaching staff as a “bruising” one. From the spectators’ point o
The most meaningful praise anyone can get is from those that are in the same position as the one honoured. They truly understand all of the issues that this person has faced and the things that they have had to do to overcome them. It makes it extra special to be recognized by colleagues and friends
Clearly Brian O’Driscoll is having a cracker season. His captaincy of the Irish team has been nothing less than inspirational and there are many who credit him with a large part of the team’s Grand Slam success. He has led from the front and proved to be the shining example on the field for the
You can usually expect Dublin to be quite quiet on a Sunday as people enjoy the opportunity to get out into the country over the weekend. But this was certainly not the scene today at all as more than 18,000 rugby fans made their way to the capital. They wanted to be sure to catch a glimpse of their
